Actor, Emil Thomas, who plays the main character, Walter Lee in Lorraine's Hansberry's, "A Raisin in the Sun," which debuted on Broadway in 1959 stopped by On Point with Juandolyn Stokes this week to share his thoughts about the struggles Blacks faced during the time Hansberry wrote this classic play.
"A Raisin in the Sun" deals with the dynamics of a South Chicago Black family who places there hopes and dreams on an insurance money payout after the father dies, but they are met family troubles, discrimination, housing, racism, and assimilation-all indicative of the time-period.
Thomas said "When things are hardest you need to stick together because all you have is each other," which is what his father told his family.
He added, "Men have to make sacrifices to do big, wide risky things," which is the rising action of this classic play.
"A Raisin in the Sun" opens this Friday, March 17 at Marietta's Theatre in the Square and runs through Sunday, April 2. Ticket prices range from $10-$50. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm., Sundays 3 pm, Saturday, March 25, 3 pm.
